Windshield attachment or deflector for automobiles and the like



W. L. HOWE. WINDSHIELD ATTACHMENT 0R DEFLECTOR FOR AUTOMOBILES A ND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24', 1920.

Patented July 12 1921.

3 ATTORNEY V 'UNITEDSTAULS PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM L. HOWE, OF OVERLAND, MISSOURI.

WINDfiHIELD ATTACHMENT OR DEFLEC'IOR FOR AUTOMOBILES AND THE LIKE.

T0 all'whomitma concem."

Be it known t at 1, WILLIAM L. Howe, a. citizen of the United States, residing at .Overland,St.' Louis county, Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Windshield Attachment or Deflector for Automobiles and the like, of which the'following is a specification, reference being had-to the drawing, forming .a part thereof. H

This invention relates generally to automobiles and more particularly to a certain new and useful wind-shield attachment or .dcflector for-automobiles and the like.

"My new. attachment is especially adapted for use in connection with standard automobile wind-shields, and the principal object of my present invention. 1s to provide an efficient auxiliary storm, wind, and sun deflector which may be readily attached to the fixed frame ofthe wind-shield proper and which may with ease and convenience shield deflector or attachment constructed in be adj ustably swung and set to various positions rfelatively to the wind-shield proper of the automobile.

With the above and other objects in View, my present invention resides in the novel features of form, construction, arrangement, and combination of parts herein after described and afterward pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is a fragmental perspective view of an automobile equipped with a windaccordance with and tion;

' Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevational view of the attachment; and v Fig. 3 is a 'fragmenta] detail view of the same, taken approximately on the line 33,

embodying my invenfieferring now more in detail to the said drawing, which illustrates a practical embodiment, of my invention and in vhich like reference characters refer to lke parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates an automobile-body, 2 its top, and 3 its usual fixed or standard wind-shield, the, windshield proper-here shown being .of the divided type, so that it maybe opened or closed to meet the convenience of the occupants of the automobile.,.&

A indicates mynew windshield attach-.

ment or deflector, which comprises a section of glass qr other suitable material 4 of suit-' \i Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 1y 19, 1921 Application filed March 24, 1920. Serial No. 369,257.

- able dimensions, as shown, relatively to the automobile and its wind-shield proper This section 4, which may be eithcr trans parent or translucent, as desired, is provided at and along its rear end with"a grooved frame 5 and is fixed adjacent its opposite ends upon supporting-brackets 6,

each bracket 6 being provided adjacent its rear or inner end with a pair of oppositely disposed ears 7-7 disposed flatwlse beneath, and fixed by securing-screws or the like 8'8 to, theframe 5, and at its forward or outer end with a. laterally upstanding stud 9 pro jecting through a suitable perforation formed for the purpose in the section 4.

Thebrackct-studs 9 are suitably threaded to receive clamping or binding-nuts 10 for the section 4, and, as shown, suitable washers 11-11 are nterposed on eaclustud 9 on opposite sides of the section 4. It will be evident that, while the section 4 is thusrigidlyfixed upon its supporting-brackets 6, substitution or renewal of the section 4 may be 1 of the block 13 being internally threaded for cooperationv with the threaded end of thebolt- 14. Loosely supported on the bolt 14 intermediate its head 15 and the inner leg of the block 13, as shown, is a clampingmcmber 16 shouldered at its upper end, as at 17, to engage the block 13 when in clamped 7 position.

In use or operation, bolt14:,being'suitabl-y loosened, the attachment is fitted upon the fixed wind-shield 3 as illustrated in Fig. 1,

the block 13 and its clamping-member 16 straddling, with the clamping-member 16 disposed upon the inner side and the block 13 being disposed upon the outer .side of the wind-shield 3,.asseen especially in ,Fig. 2.

The shield or deflector proper'el, the bolt 14 being in loosened'condition, may then be easily andconveniently adjustablywswung to substantially any desired deflecting position relatively to the fixed wind-shie1d 3, and.

then a tightening of the bolts 14 serves any hinge-members, supporting-brackets secured ,vention.

only to rigidly clamp the attachment as a whole upon the wind-shield 3, but also to rigidly clamp the shield or-deflector proper 4 in such swung or set position. Should it be desired to. change the position of the' shield or deflector 4:, a loosening of the bolt 14 serves to permit the legs of the block 13 to resiliently spread to permit a ready and convenient swin'gin of the deflector 4: to adjusted position without necessitating a renioval as a whole of the attachment from the wind-shield, a re-tightening of the bolt 14 serving again to conjointly rigidly clamp the attachment as a whole to the wind-shield and the deflector lin such adjusted orswung position. I

My wind-shield attachment isfinost efficient as an auxiliary wind, storm, and 'sun brackets an deflector, is, as will .be obvious, simple in construction, may be economically and inexpensively manufactured, and may be conveniently attached to, or detached from, the automobile substantially at will. i j I am aware that minor changes inthe form, construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts off ny attachment may be made and substituted for those hereinshown and described without depart- -ing frointhe nature and principle of my in- Having thus described my invention, what I claiin'and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: i l

"1. An attachment of the class described including, in combination, a shield, resilient to the shield and having engagement forswingable' adjustment with the hinge-memtheir supported shield in adjustably swung- ,position. 1

2. An attachment of the class described including, in combination, a shield, resilient substantially U-shaped hinge-members, shield supporting-brackets secured to the shield and having extensions fitted for swingable adjustment in the bight of the hinge-members, and means comprising bolts having engagement with the hinge-members and clampingmembers supported 'o'n the bolts for conjointly clamping-the hingemembers. 11 on an. automobile and the their supported shield in adjustably swun position. v

3. An attac including, in combination, a shield, a pair of split approximately U-shaped blocks having resilient leg portions, shield supportingbracketssecured to the shield and havin laterall disposed pintle-extensions fitted for swingable adjustment in the. bight of the blocks, and means for conjointlytlamp ing the blocks as a whole and their carried shield upon an automobile and the le means comprising bolts having en agement with the legs of the blocks and c ampingg' WILLIAM L. owii.

ent of the classl 'described of the blocks u on the pintles for holding the. shield in a justably swung position, said whereof I have signed mv name to this specification. i. 

